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	CBC News In Depth: Maher Arar
		Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen born in Syria in 1970, came to Canada in 1987.
		Arar tells of his year spent in a Syrian jail and says he was mentally and physically tortured and forced to confess that he spent time in Afghanistan.
		Arar is detained by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization officials at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport while returning alone to Montreal from a family vacation in Tunisia.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/arar (4890 words)

	Maher Arar
		Maher Arar (born 1970) is a Canadian citizen born in Syria, who moved to Canada in 1987.
		Immigration officials claimed Arar knew a man in Ottawa whom they suspected of having links to the al-Qaeda terror organization, and suspected Arar of being an al-Qaeda member himself.
		Arar was still imprisoned in Syria, and in Canada the New Democratic Party was pressuring the government to do more to secure his return to Canada.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Maher_Arar.html (311 words)

	Damn Foreigner: Maher Arar Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Maher Arar and his family have launched a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the Canadian government and security agencies over his deportation to Syria, where he was held and says he was tortured on suspicion of being a terrorist.
		Maher Arar does have a proposed terms of reference on his website, but his site is inaccessible as of this writing.
		Arar was a member of al-Qaeda because the 33-year-old Ottawa computer engineer admitted to the FBI after his arrest in 2002 that he was acquainted with two men suspected of being terrorists at the time.
	www.damnforeigner.com /archives/cat_maher_arar.html (13788 words)

	Online NewsHour: Update \| Inquiry Clears Terror Suspect \| September 20, 2006 \| PBS
		MAHER ARAR: I had thoughts of committing suicide because, you know, the psychological torture in that cell was so awful to the point where, you know, it just -- you know, it is really beyond human imagination.
		Arar's perspective, that was very, very important, because for the last three or four years, he has been under a cloud of suspicion that he was engaged in terrorist activities.
		Arar consular access to the consulate office in New York when he was in detention shortly after September 26th of 2002, and also the manner in which he was rendered to a country which the Americans should have known contained a very credible risk of torture.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec06/canada_09-20.html (1517 words)

	The Case of Maher Arar
		Arar claims that he was physically tortured during the first two weeks of his detention in Syria, and that he was subjected to severe psychological abuse over the following ten months, including being held in a grave-like cell and being forced to undergo interrogation while hearing the screams of other prisoners.
		Arar had ties to terrorist organizations, as is alleged by U.S. officials, or whether his confession was a false one produced by coercion, as he claims, he was subject to the legal protections provided by the Torture Convention, which the United States has ratified.
		Arar had ties to terrorist organizations, as is alleged by U.S. officials, or whether his confession was a false one produced by coercion, as he claims, he was subject to the legal protections provided by the Convention Against Torture, which the United States has ratified.
	www.fas.org /irp/congress/2004_cr/s021004.html (5233 words)

	Discourse.net: Maher Arar Affair: What is the Pluperfect of 'Cynic'?
		Arar, a dual Syrian-Canadian national, was transiting through a US airport on his way to Canada when he was stopped by US officials who believed him to be a terrorist, or in cahoots with terrorists.
		Arar was accomplished after interagency consultation and in full compliance with the law and with all relevant international treaties and conventions.” Among which are several prohibitions on torture.
		Maher Arar, recently freed from prison, said he pleaded with U.S. authorities not to send him to Syria precisely because he believed he would be tortured.
	www.discourse.net /archives/2003/11/maher_arar_affair_what_is_the_pluperfect_of_cynic.html (959 words)

	Tortured by Mistake - washingtonpost.com
		Arar, a Canadian citizen, was arrested at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in September 2002 because he was on a watchlist; Canadian police said they believed he had connections to al-Qaeda.
		Arar's case vividly illustrates a couple of the points that veteran military and diplomatic leaders have been trying to impress on Mr.
		Arar's case illustrates, cruel treatment of prisoners, even in secret, eventually becomes known and can badly damage the honor and influence of the United States and its relations with allies.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/19/AR2006091901547.html (682 words)

	New York Judge Dismisses case of Maher Arar
		Maher Arar’s case has been dismissed without even considering the merits of his case, as he says, “Bascially they’re telling people.
		WASHINGTON—A U.S. federal judge has dismissed Maher Arar’s lawsuit against American officials claiming he was deported to Syria as a terrorism suspect to be tortured.
		In a ruling Thursday in New York, Judge David Trager said he can’t interfere in the case because it involves crucial national security and foreign relations issues in the anti-terror fight.
	www.gnn.tv /headlines/7664/New_York_Judge_Dismisses_case_of_Maher_Arar (628 words)

	Newsvine - maher-arar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Horrors of Extraordinary Rendition: Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was a victim of the U.S. policy known as "extraordinary rendition." He was detained by U.S. officials in 2002, accused of terrorist links, and handed over to Syrian authorities, who tortured him.
		Maher Arar must wait for his legal action against the U.S. and Canada to be cleared up before he's issued an apology, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said Monday.
		RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli apologized on Thursday to Maher Arar and said he accepts all the recommendations of the report criticizing the Mounties for their role in the Canadian's deportation to Syria, where he was tortured.
	www.newsvine.com /maher-arar (871 words)

	Indefensible: The Story of Maher Arar - Associated Content
		Were it not for the fact that Maher Arar has a tirelessly devoted wife and hails from a country whose citizens demanded justice, you might never have heard his name.
		You see, Maher Arar, a Syrian born Canadian, was one of the suspected terrorists who was "disappeared" and subsequently tortured in the wake of 9/11.
		Arar adamantly requested to be "deported" to Canada as is his right under the U.S. immigration statute.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/64721/indefensible_the_story_of_maher_arar.html (1044 words)

	injusticebusters 2002 > > Maher Arar: Canadian deported from US to Syria
		Maher Arar, the dual Canadian-Syrian citizen who spent a year in a Syrian jail, reportedly told Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham that he was tortured while in Syrian custody.
		Arar has spoken to the federal government about his alleged torture, but allegations that he was tortured have swirled since his release earlier this month.
		Arar told her he was interrogated for several hours by U.S. immigration officials and FBI investigators, and refused to sign an agreement to be deported to Syria.
	www.injusticebusters.com /2003/Arar_Maher.htm (8537 words)

	globeandmail.com: How Canada failed citizen Maher Arar
		Arar, a Canadian citizen who was deported from the United States to Syria -- where he was tortured as a terrorist suspect -- has suffered "devastating" mental and economic consequences as a result of his ordeal, Mr.
		Maher Arar, house husband and torture survivor, has moved from Ottawa to Kamloops seen here near his new home in Kamloops September 15, 2006.
		Arar was tortured in a Syrian military intelligence prison soon after his deportation from the United States in 2002.
	www.theglobeandmail.com /servlet/story/RTGAM.20060919.warar0919/BNStory/National/home (975 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Maher Arar: Timeline
		Maher Arar is a Syrian-born Canadian engineer who was travelling back to Canada from a family vacation in Tunisia in September 2002, when he was pulled off a plane in New York.
		Fact-finder Professor Stephen Toope said: "I conclude that Maher Arar was subjected to torture in Syria." The then-Liberal government called on Syria to investigate the case and prosecute any official who was responsible for Arar's treatment.
		The second part of the Arar commission deals with policy review – one of the commissioner’s jobs is to recommend an arms-length review mechanism for the RCMP on national security matters.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/arar/arar_faq.html (789 words)

	Maher Arar - 9/11Review
		On Sept. 26, 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen born in Syria, traveling on a Canadian passport departed Tunis where he was vacationing with his family, on a flight to Montreal via Zurich and New York.
		Arar continues to ask for a lawyer and phone call, and his requests are denied.
		Arar is repeatedly tortured in Syria, where he has been confined in a 3 foot by 6 foot cell with no light, that Arar referred to as "the grave".
	www.911review.org /Wiki/Arar,Maher.shtml (1548 words)

	Torture by proxy / How immigration threw a traveler to the wolves
		Maher Arar was about to change planes on his way home to Canada after visiting his wife's family in Tunisia when he was pulled aside for questioning.
		The Syrians locked Arar in an underground cell the size of a grave: 3 feet wide, 6 feet long, 7 feet high.
		The Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported that the lease on Arar's apartment had been witnessed by a Syrian- born Canadian who was believed to know an Egyptian Canadian whose brother was allegedly mentioned in an al Qaeda document.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/04/INGPQ40MET1.DTL&type=printable (736 words)

	The Deportation, Detention and Torture of Maher Arar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Maher Arar, a 33-year-old telecommunications engineer, was on his way back to Canada after a family vacation in Tunisia and was waiting for his connecting flight when he was abducted by INS officials.
		Arar was fortunate enough to have a determined activist wife, Monia Mazigh, who campaigned for human rights groups to take up the fight for his freedom.
		Arar of course renounced the lies he was forced to tell under torture and is struggling to get his life back.
	www.icl-fi.org /english/wv/archives/oldsite/2003/MaherArar-816.htm (1439 words)

	Canadian sent to Syria sues US over rendition policy \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Maher Arar, a Canadian software engineer who also holds Syrian citizenship, was detained when he was switching flights in New York to return to Ottawa from Damascus, The Mass.
		Arar was eventually released by the Syrian government, which says it did not torture him, thanks largely to the efforts of his wife in Canada.
		Arar was at first denied access to a lawyer and to Canadian officials and then when he did secure legal counsel, the lawer was told by the US government that his client was in New Jersey, when in fact he had already been sent to Syria.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0811/dailyUpdate.html (1135 words)

	Canadian Falsely Accused Of Terrorism, Panel Faults Canada, U.S. For Torture Of Software Engineer In Syria - CBS News
		Arar is perhaps the world's best known victim of extraordinary rendition — or the U.S. transfer of foreign terror suspects to third countries without court approval.
		Arar has committed any offense or that his activities constitute a threat to the security of Canada," Commissioner Dennis O'Connor said in a three-volume report on the inquiry's findings, only part of which was made public.
		Arar was traveling on a Canadian passport when he was detained at New York's Kennedy Airport on Sept. 26, 2002, during a stopover on his way home to Canada from vacation in Tunisia.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/09/19/terror/main2020459.shtml (942 words)

	Maher Arar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, described how on September 26, 2002, he was seized by American agents at a New York airport, denied access to an attorney, and deported to Syria.
		Arar was kept for months in a minuscule dark three-by-six-foot cell that resembled a grave more than a room.
		He was beaten regularly for hours with a shredded cable, subjected to threats and extreme psychological torture, forced to sign false confessions, and denied his fundamental rights as a human being.
	www.tacomapjh.org /arar.htm (388 words)

	The Horrors of 'Extraordinary Rendition'
		Editors Note: Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who is barred from entering the United States, delivered his acceptance speech for the Letelier-Moffitt International Human Rights Award in a pre-recorded videotape.
		Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was a victim of the U.S. policy known as "extraordinary rendition." He was detained by U.S. officials in 2002, accused of terrorist links, and handed over to Syrian authorities, who tortured him.
		Arar is working with the Center for Constitutional Rights to appeal a case against the U.S. government that was dismissed on national security grounds.
	www.commondreams.org /views06/1027-23.htm (2304 words)

	TomPaine.com - Maher Arar: The Torture Continues
		Maher Arar is the Canadian citizen who, based on what a Canadian judge found to be unsubstantiated accusations that he was a terrorist, was detained in New York City by the U.S. government and then renditioned to Syria in 2002, where he says he was tortured for 10 months.
		He was finally released and was allowed to return to Canada, where a commission that examined the conditions under which he was detained concluded that “there is no evidence to indicate that Mr.
		Even so, the U.S. government kept Arar from appearing Wednesday at the 30th annual Letelier-Moffitt Awards ceremony, sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, where he and the organization that fought for his freedom, the Center for Constitutional Rights, were given the IPS International Award.
	www.tompaine.com /articles/2006/10/19/maher_arar_the_torture_continues.php (798 words)

	Obsidian Wings: Maher Arar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The only way I can see of holding that Maher Arar's detention should not be justiciable is to say that when something is both (a) a violation of law and (b) significant for foreign policy, its foreign policy significance should trump its illegality.
		Arar," Ashcroft said, "as that statement is fully consistent with the assurances that the United States government received prior to the removal of Mr.
		Arar, a Canadian citizen, was deported to Syria from JFK airport.
	obsidianwings.blogs.com /obsidian_wings/maher_arar/index.html (11923 words)

	The Center for Constitutional Rights
		Arar to Syria to be tortured, because it was a question of national security and foreign relations.
		Arar's right to due process under the U.S. Constitution and his right not to be tortured under color of foreign law as guaranteed by the Torture Victim Protection Act.
		Arar to Syria was a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution, federal statutes, and international law.
	www.ccr-ny.org /v2/reports/report.asp?ObjID=r1AsHgY6Ly&Content=712 (703 words)

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